40 
Sy, A. et al. (2002): Upper Ocean Climate Ship-of-Opportunity Programme of BSH - A Status Report 
6. References 
ARGO (1998): On the design and implementation of ARGO. An initial plan for a Global array of profiling 
floats. GODAE Report No. 5, BoM, Melbourne, Australia. 
Bersch, M., J. Meincke and A. Sy (1999): Interannual thermohaline changes in the northern North Atlantic 
1991-1996. Deep-Sea Res., Part II, 46, 55-75. 
BSH (1999): German programme contribution to the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). Berichte 
desBSH, 19, 74 pp. 
CLIVAR (1998): CLIVAR Initial Implementation Plan, WMO/TD No. 869 
Cook, A. and A. Sy (2000): Best Guide and Principles Manual for the Ships-of-Opportunity (SOOP) 
and Expendable Bathythermogrpah (XBT) Operations. JCOMM SOOP Implementation Panel III 
(SOOPIP), 28-31 March, La Jolla, 25 pp., http://www.fr/ird/soopip/. 
Curry, R.G., M.S. McCartney and T.M. Joyce (1998): Oceanic transport of subpolar climate signals to 
mid-depth subtropical waters. Nature, 391, 575 - 577. 
Curry, R.G. and M.S. McCartney (2001): Ocean gyre circulation changes associated with the North 
Atlantic Oscillation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 3374 - 3400. 
Dansgaard, W. et al. (1993): Evidence for general instability of past climate from a 250-kyr ice-core 
record. Nature, 364, 218 - 220. 
DFG (2000): Meeresforschung im nächsten Jahrzehnt - Denkschrift. DFG, Bonn, 203 pp. 
Dickson, R., J. Meincke, S.-A. Malmberg and A.J. Lee (1988): The „Great Salinity Anomaly“ in the 
northern North Atlantic 1968 - 1982. Prog. Oceanogr., 20, 103-151. 
Dickson, R., J.R.N. Lazier, J. Meincke, P. Rhines and J. Swift (1996): Long-term co-ordinated changes 
in the convective activity of the North Atlantic. Prog. Oceanogr., 38, 241 - 295. 
Dickson, R., J. Yashayev, J. Meincke, B. Turrell, S. Dye and J. Holfort (2002): Rapid freshening of the 
deep North Atlantic Ocean over the past four decades. Nature, 416, 832 - 836. 
Duplessy, J.C. et al. (1988): Deep water source variations during the last climatic cycle and their 
impact on the global deep water circulation. Palaeoceanography, 3, 343 - 360. 
Emery, J.W., W. Zenk, K. Huber, P. Rual and P. Nowlan (1987): Trends in the Atlantic Equatorial 
Current variability. Dt. Hydrogr. Z., 40, 261 -276. 
Fichefet, T., S. Hovine and J.C. Duplessy (1994): A model study of the Atlantic circulation during the 
last glacial maximum. Nature, 372, 252 - 255. 
Flatau, M.K., L.D. Talley and P.P. Niiler (2002): The North Atlantic Oscillation, surface current 
velocities and SST changes in the subpolar North Atlantic. Subm. to J. of Climate. 
Gilson, J., G. Pezzoli and D. Roemmich (2000): Shipboard XCTD’s - Performance, problems and 
prospects. UCSD, La Jolla, USA (unpublished ms.), 5 pp. 
Hanawa, K., P. Rual, R. Bailey, A. Sy and M. Szabados (1994): Calculation of new depth equations for 
expendable bathythermographs using a temperature-error-free method. UNESCO technical papers 
in marine science, 67, 46 pp. and IOC Techn. Ser., 42, 46 pp. 
Hanawa, K., P. Rual, R.Bailey, A. Sy and M. Szabados (1995): A new depth-time equation for 
Sippican orTSK T-7, T-6 and T-4 Expendable Bathythermographs (XBT). Deep-Sea Res., 42, 
1423-1451.